erected

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Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt erected millions of square feet of unsightly buildings on the National Mall to house an expanded federal bureaucracy during the world wars.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Maaden erected prefabricated warehouses for the fertilizer and rigged piping systems to move corrosive sulfuric acid, a key ingredient in phosphate production, into stainless-steel tanker trucks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Elsewhere, police dismantled a makeshift barrier erected by protesters blockading western Galway docks.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

The 1,000-foot turbines will tower over these homes as they are being erected.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Near the river, workers had erected a wooden platform for the Autumn Faire.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate